"It's desperately sad because Pete was a great man," said Garreth Roberts, Skipper's captain during his second spell at Boothferry Park. "You could always depend on him. Anything you needed, he was the one you went to.

"He was such a big part of our successful team. He read the game superbly, he was strong in the air and had a sweet left foot. He was an eight out of 10 man. He was a warrior as well. He gave everything he had because the club meant so much to hiim."